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Saudi Arabia In Transition After King Abdullah's Death

Published January 23, 2015 at 12:06 PM EST
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud speaks with the U.S. Secretary of State during a meeting at the King's desert encampment on January 5, 2014 in Rawdat al-Khuraim. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud speaks with the U.S. Secretary of State during a meeting at the King's desert encampment on January 5, 2014 in Rawdat al-Khuraim. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

Saudi Arabia has a new king. The former Crown Prince Salman assumed the throne today after his half brother, King Abdullah, died this morning at the age of 90.

Here & Now’s Robin Young talks to Yochi Dreazen, managing editor of Foreign Policy, about King Abdullah’s legacy, the transition and the challenges facing the new king.

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